Robbins v. Social Security Administration
- Decided
- October 26, 2006
- Docket
- 04-35890
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that error that is inconsequential to the ultimate nondisability determination is harmless error — Tommasetti v. Astrue (2008)
- holding that an ALJ may not disregard subjective symptom testimony “solely because it is not substantiated affirmatively by objective medical evidence” — Lal v. Commissioner Social Security Administration (2025)
- holding that “in hypotheticals posed to a vocational expert, the ALJ must only include those limitations supported by substantial evidence” — Bartus v. Bisignano (2025)
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How the opinion begins
[*882] BROWNING, Circuit Judge.
Leroy J. Robbins appeals an affirmance of the Commissioner of Social Security’s partial denial of benefits. We have jurisdiction to review under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We reverse and remand because the Commissioner’s decision is not supported by substantial evidence.
I. Background In October 1996, Robbins filed applications for supplemental security income and disability insurance benefits. He alleged he has been disabled since August 1993 by depression and severe impairments to his neck, left shoulder, back and knees. After his applications were denied initially and upon reconsideration, Robbins requested and was granted a hearing in March 1999 before Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Eileen Burlison during which the August 1998 testimony of Robbins and his son Rodney were accepted into the record. Judge Burlison denied Robbins’s claims and, in August, 2000, the Social Security Appeals Council denied his request for review. Robbins then filed a complaint for review with the district court.
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Robbins v. Social Security Administration, 466 F.3d 880 (2006)Read the full opinion
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